# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vihtori-vesterinen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:22.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vihtori-vesterinen"
name: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
slug: "vihtori-vesterinen"
description: "Vihtori Vesterinen was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 31 March 1925 to 13 December 1926 and again from 17 December 1927 to 16 October 1928, Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works from 7 October 1936 to 13 December 1937, Minister of Agriculture from 9 November 1945 to 29 July 1948, Deputy Minister of Social Affairs from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951, Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works from 31 March 1950 to 17 January 1951 and Minister of Social Affairs from 17 January to 20 September 1951. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 to 1951, representing the Agrarian League. He was the father of Paavo Vesterinen."
tagline: "Finnish politician (1885-1958)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vihtori_Vesterinen.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1885-01-27"
deathDate: "1958-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.72
  momentum:             4.666666666666666
  historical:           5.467458666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihtori_Vesterinen"
    title: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ڤيهتورى ڤيستيرينين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihtori_Vesterinen"
    title: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihtori_Vesterinen"
    title: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihtori_Vesterinen"
    title: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihtori_Vesterinen"
    title: "Vihtori Vesterinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11901290"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump